Mount Kruzenshtern Explained

Mount Kruzenshtern
Other Name:Гора Крузенштерна
Elevation M:1547
Elevation Ref:[1]
Map:Russia Arkhangelsk Oblast polar
Coordinates:75.1756°N 57.8258°W
Location:Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Mount Kruzenshtern (Russian: Гора Крузенштерна) is a peak in Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It rises inland near the northwestern shore and is the highest point of Arkhangelsk Oblast.[2]

The mountain was first put on the map in the 1820s by Arctic explorer Fyodor Litke (1797–1882) following his Novaya Zemlya explorations. It was named after Russian Navy Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern (1770–1846).[3] The mountain's name must have been known to Soviet topographers, but for undisclosed reasons it was omitted in USSR maps printed in mid 20th century.[1]

Description

Mount Kruzenshtern is a 1547m (5,075feet) high mountain located near Nordenskiöld Bay.[4] It is an ultra-prominent peak that rises on the western edge of the Severny Island ice cap, north of the head of the Glazov Glacier.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Топографска карта S-39,40; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian). 14 December 2021.
  2. https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8820 Novaya Zemlya High Point, Russia
  3. https://dprvrn.ru/pl/istoriya-v-licah-fedor-litke-rodilsya-moreplavatel-geograf-issledovatel/ Historia w obliczu Fedora Litke.
  4. http://belushka.ru/site/priroda-novoj-zemli-2/geografiya-novoj-zemli География Новой Земли
  5. [Google Earth]